Saddle for motor-cycles.



F. MESINGER.

SADDLE FOR MOTOR CYCLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17. 1915.

Patented 001;. 26, 1915.

7 m. l mu AVON/5X6.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0 WASHINGTON u c FREDERICK MESINGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SADDLE FOR MOTOR-CYCLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. 26, 1915.

Application filed June 17, 1915. Serial No. 34,638.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK Mnsmcnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saddles for Motor-Cycles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a saddle for motor cycles, and comprises more particularly an improvement on the construction embodied in Letters Patent No. 1130316 granted to Henry Mesinger, March 2, 1915.

By means of the present invention, the dip of the saddle on the longitudinal bar referred to in said patent, may be readily adjusted, so as to suit the convenience or particular notions of the rider, and thereby contribute materially to his comfort.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, partly in elevation, of a saddle embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a rear view partly in section thereof; Fig. 3 a plan with the saddle top removed; Fig. 4 a section on line 44 Fig. 1; Fig. 5 a plan of a modification of the links andadjoining parts. and Fig; 6 a side view partly,

in section of Fig. 5.

The spring post 1, of the cycle frame 2, is provided with an extension 3, that grasps a bar 4, extending longitudinally below the axis of the saddle top 5. To the forward end of this bar are pivoted at 6, a pair of hooks 7 that grasp frame 2, and areadapted to be drawn against the same by means of a bolt 8 carrying a nut 9. At a point between extension 3 and pivot 6, there is pivoted to bar 4 at 10, a yoke 11 to which saddle top 5 is secured by means of a clip 12 andbolt 13, which bolt likewise serves to sustain the forward end of the stay spring 14.

The rear end of bar 4, is provided with an apertured knuckle or. hingemember 15, the faces of which are corrugated or otherwise roughened. These faces are engaged by the correspondingly roughened inner faces of a pair of parallel rearwardly extending links or members 16 which are hingedly connected to bar 4 by means of a bolt 17 that passes through knuckle 15 and through alined front apertures of the links, said bolt carrying a nut 18. By slacking the nut, the links may be set at suitable inclinations to the bar, and by then tightening the nut, the

links are locked at the inclination selected,

the construction described constituting in efiectpa clutch-controlled joint between bar and links.

At their rear ends,links 16 are provided with longitudinal slots 19 adapted for the reception of a bolt 20, which passes likewise through an eye 21 of a transverse bar 22, and carries a nut 23.

As more fully described in Patent 1130316 hereinabove referred to, bar 22 extends acrossthe rear portion of saddle top 5, and is adapted to sustain the relatively fixed members of a cushioning system, the relatively movable members of which are carried by the saddle top. The particular construction of this system forms no part of the present invention, and may be changed at pleasure without departing from the spirit thereof. With the embodiment shown, bar 22 carries a pair of pistons 24 fitted in cylinders 25, and encompassed by spiral springs 26. The cylinders are suspended from the cantle 27 of the saddle top by eyes 28 and hangers 29. During action the cylinders 25 will participate in the vibratory movement of the seat, while the pistons 24 will remain relatively stationary, so that in this way the springs will take up the jolts.

As has been stated, the dip of links 16 may be readily adjusted, and inasmuch as these links are by transverse bar 22, secured to the cushioning devices, and the latter are 1 in turn secured to the cantle, it follows that the rear of the saddle will be raised or lowered in accordance with this adjustment.

During this adjustment, the saddle will turn on pivot 10, while the slots 19 in conjunction with the bolt 20, form a movable connection between the links and the transverse bar 22, which permits the operative length of the links to change with the change of their dip so that binding is prevented.

With the construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the flat longitudinal bar 4 of Figs. 1-4 is replaced by a round bar 30. The latter is grasped by apair of recessed clutch members 31 that operate in conjunction with the roughened faces of links 32, and are held thereto by bolt 33.

It will be seen that by the construction described, the rider may alter the dip of his 1 saddle to suit his convenience, or his par- 1 termediate said bar and member, a transverse bar having an eye, a bolt engaging ticular style of riding, so that a desirable factor for insuring his comfort is placed at his disposal.

I claim:

1. A saddle having a saddle top, a longitudinal bar extending beneath the same, means for pivotally connecting the bar to the front ofthe saddle top, a slotted member pivotally connected to the bar, a clutch insaid eye and passing movably through said slotted member, and members of 'a rear Copies of this patent may be obtained for cushioning device secured to the transverse bar.

2. A saddle having a saddle top, a longitudinal bar extending beneath the same, means for pivotally connecting the bar to the front of the saddle top, a pair of slotted links pivoted to the bar, a clutch intermediate said bar and links, a transverse bar having an eye, a bolt engaging said eye and passing movably through the slotted links, and members of a rear cushioning system secured to the transverse bar.

FREDERICK MESINGER.

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